New and Improved Innovation Blog Site

Brain is more important than capital

2012-02-10T09:03:39-05:00

“You are a fool, until your idea becomes a success” When he first came up with his concept of the tea campaign everybody declared him insane. Not only the people around him, but also the students in his lectures as well as the tea producers in India. Then the fool became a business partner.

The Impotency of Organizational Innovation

2012-01-31T11:59:00-05:00

Dig into the rigorous thinking via Google Scholar on innovation and you will find there are 2,300,000 articles and books of an academic nature that have verified and validated every different type of known innovation process - disruptive, open source, front end, back end, induced, user, IT, supply chain, management, R&D and even innovative innovation! Enough information to drive you crazy. And worse still, there is a huge problem with most of it! It perceives innovation as a theory and a process and it is neither.

Would you deform your newborn’s skull to make them more creative?

2012-01-24T11:59:00-05:00

If you saw these skulls would you think they belonged to extraterrestrials?

Being Resolute with Your Resolutions

2012-01-04T11:59:00-05:00

It is the time of passage to a new year. The calendar has moved to January, named for Janus, the Roman god of passage, time and prophecy.

Position Available: Business Development

2012-01-02T15:41:42-05:00

New & Improved, LLC, is seeking a full time Business Development professional. Responsibilities focus on outside sales, including lead-finding, qualifying buyers, assessing potential client needs, creating proposals, pitching solutions and closing to contract. The ideal candidate has a strong network and history of sales in the training, facilitation, speaking, and organizational development consulting areas. We work with all types of large organizations, with a focus on corporate clients. Some travel required. New & Improved is an organizational Development firm providing training, facilitation, OD consultation and executive coaching, all focused on improving the culture of innovation for our clients. Our clients...

This is Your Mind on Questions

2011-12-21T00:01:00-05:00

One of the greatest features of your human brain is, if you ask it a question it will answer it.

What’s the #1 thing you can do to help your employees to be more motivated and engaged? (Hint: It’s not what you think it is!)

2011-12-16T09:54:54-05:00

What's the number one factor to help motivate and keep employees engaged in their work?

Pushing the Limits of Our Willpower

2011-12-09T10:00:00-05:00

How is your willpower and what do you do to maintain it?

What Really Happens to Our Time?

2011-12-06T00:01:00-05:00

How many hours do you have today? Do you need all 24? Can I borrow some of your time? I can return the favor later in the week.

Questionable Selling

2011-12-02T00:01:00-05:00

A short story on CPS and selling.